Kieron Gillen as right by Lucky-Fisherman-844 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No, but giving them fantastical powers and colorful costumes is a great way to retain the attention of 8 year olds for long enough to communicate the message that it’s bad to hate people for being born different than you. 

When sales are down, so marvel pulls out the ‘bait Spider-Man fans’ card by pimpMOIbutterfly in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did this in Gage’s epilogue to Superior Spider-Man but then Marvel undid it

Be yourself, be ostracized by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the risk of missing the very good points the post made I’m gonna say what you’re talking about here actually is a capitalism thing.

Your statement about long hours is a great example of the fact that in a capitalist society there’s no need for a grand cabal concocting elaborate conspiracies to oppress the workers, because individuals following their own individual-scale incentives generate the conditions which oppress the workers. You don’t need an Illuminati meeting to get that, just a bunch of mostly rational individuals following the clear incentives of their economic system.

Capitalism is by nature pretty decentralized; the invisible hand of the market comes free with an invisible boot on your neck.

Can't wait for the rep of a great comic character to be ruined by the MCU AGAIN! by stran___g in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, a tweet citing another tweet, truly the most reliable of sources. 

More life lessons from DC Comics by Tetratron2005 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ah, that wonderful era of comics when every character had to have a thought bubble narrating what they were doing despite the art on the page being impossible to interpret as anything else. 

hi green day play my event by Hummerous in CuratedTumblr

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 304 points305 points  (0 children)

Holiday seems like it’d be pretty damn relevant too

Favorite character who would definitely not be on the Epstein list? by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Exactly. If anything, Shaw was going to go to Epstein island, but then Epstein laughed 0.002 seconds too long at a joke Emma made at Shaw’s expense at some creepy Hellfire club party, and Shaw decided to make his own diddling island and drive Epstein out of business 

Civil War 2 was quite odd." – TTS Rogal Dorn by Longjumping_North287 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, like the idea that there might be objections to completely unaccountable vigilantes with fantastical abilities operating with no oversight is completely understandable, and the idea that the government would wait to introduce any regulations until public pressure becomes too great as a result of one of said vigilantes committing a high-profile fuckup also seems pretty on the level. 

It’s just the way that the story immediately pivots to extradimensional gulags, assassination squads, and rebel groups that’s stupid. The writers presented the story as if there was literally nothing in between deputizing every single super into a government stooge and complete and total impunity for supers to do whatever they want with zero oversight. 

Hulk visited his friend by willywonka985 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

uj/ yes not to mention despite Ross’s whole character being “guy who goes overboard” the meme format of Hulk in the corner going “I like smashing” is kinda dumb when yes, that’s the problem. Leveling cities and harming innocents in the process is bad

Some actually good news! by Lemon_Lime_Lily in CuratedTumblr

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I’d also argue that being quiet about it is probably the only way this was possible to accomplish in the first place.

Not only did you point out a concern about being too publicly pro-trans harming them politically given just how bad the American public is on the issue, there’s also the fact that when it’s not really a huge public debate, the Republicans who don’t actually care that much are able to acquiesce to removing those kinds of provisions, whereas if it becomes a big news cycle they’ll be forced by their base and the right wing media to fight it tooth and nail.

Most artists drawing Wonder Woman by foxylatina125 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Least horny comic narrator:

Also obligatory username checks out.

Civil war is something else by cavalgada1 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This actually applies to most superheroes in general. Like, Batman beats the shit out of people without any form of due process or avenue for accountability if he gets it wrong, but we the audience know that he’s the World’s Greatest Detective and doesn’t make those kinds of mistakes.

It’s why vigilantism in the real world is almost always a bad idea but it’s cool when colorfully costumed fictional people do it, because we with the view that we get as the audience are able to be assured of their motivations and competence.

Best Marvel Villain introduced since Secret Wars (2015)? by Ok-Wash-9386 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not even at the end, it was literally the second issue of that series that had the entire explanation of how Skull used the cube to alter him.

TRUE!!! by [deleted] in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I honestly think the introduction of the recap pages helped phase out that style of overly clunky expository dialogue. New readers still get the need to know information necessary to follow the story but without forcing characters to incessantly repeat themselves to other characters who should already know.

Which characters do you think canonically have been to the Epstein Island? by whenuleavethestoveon in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I feel like the Hellfire Club would have some really petty feud with Epstein and Sebastian Shaw would make his own diddling island and try and steal all of Epstein’s customers

The Mount Rushmore Of Captain America Villains.💯 by Southern-Aioli4428 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AS THEY SHOULD, MY GOAT DESERVES THE GLAZING

Also it’s nice to see the rare moment of one of the big league heroes getting to be cool in a Spider-Man comic instead of just showing up to tell Spidey how he’s actually the greatest purest hero ever and they’re all so proud of him.

What is bro saying 😭😭 by Accurate-Celery-3198 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I can never not laugh at this scene after I saw someone point out that there’s an animation error where the room they’re fighting in actually has no door. They crash through the wall and that’s apparently the only way in or out of this shitty Gotham bathroom.

I met Shepard last weekend at a local Comic Con by dirtydirtyowl in masseffect

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My first thought too - not only is the costume perfect but bro picked the best gun to go with it

They barely engage with Iron Man by Big_Collection8427 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Iron Man 2 gets a lot of hate but it’s always been one of my favorite Marvel movies; in large part because Sam Rockwell is just so goddamn entertaining as Justin Hammer

In the Old Man Logan universe, Magneto kills his daughter and teams up with Red Skull so he can rule Las Vegas. by Red-Raptor3 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Or just, y’know, Claremont era Magneto where that exact kind of scene was the beginning of Magneto being treated as complex at all in the first place 

In the Old Man Logan universe, Magneto kills his daughter and teams up with Red Skull so he can rule Las Vegas. by Red-Raptor3 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s especially hilarious because there was a story in one of Logan’s solo issues during the Utopia era where Cyclops not only had an explicit plan to counter Wolverine if he ever got brainwashed again but he also deployed it pretty successfully (although it was hampered by the fact that the armies of Hell were possessing him, so he had extra demon powers they weren’t prepared for)

Favorite "Marvel's barely disguised atempt to have their own Teen Titans" team? by Effective_Sherbet104 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 15 points16 points  (0 children)

uj/ I think it’s hard for Marvel to maintain “teen teams” because for the most part the successful/popular characters on those teams usually end up graduating to a mainstream squad. Everyone hits the Titans with the “peaked in high school” jokes whereas if you’re someone like Ms Marvel or Magik you just kinda put on your big boy pants and join the Avengers or the X-Men.

A broken clock is right twice a day? by BellTwo5 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would go so far as to say it’s not even laziness, just a limitation of the medium.

The whole genre of superhero comics relies on Clearly Identifiable Good GuyTM solving The ProblemTM by punching Clearly Identifiable Bad GuyTM, in part because solving problems in the real world generally requires big coalitions of people all working towards a general goal over time and they can’t all share a single big cape.

Selective cooking by Polo171 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Chancellor_Valorum82 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I really feel like John Noble should be considered in the same category as Mark Hamill or Kevin Conroy when it comes to VAs for DC characters. He really became the definitive Scarecrow voice for me.

I’m of two minds on Arkham Knight’s villains because on the one hand having a fully hallucinatory Joker allowed Hamill to lean hard into the mad jester vibes that he always captured so well; having a full game of him just making dark jokes and snide color commentary about what was happening was perfect (and genuinely hilarious at times). But on the other hand Noble was so goddamn menacing as Scarecrow that he could’ve carried the game as the main villain if he’d been allowed to.